D-8 Armored Car

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D-8 armoured car
Type	Armoured car
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
Used by	Spanish Republic Soviet Union Finland
Wars	Spanish Civil War, Winter War
Production history
Produced	1932 - 1934
Specifications
Crew	2

Primary armament	1x machine gun
Engine	petrol

D-8 Armored Car was a post World War I armored vehicle built in the USSR. The design was based on the GAZ-A. It was a next phase follow up to the Soviet BA-27M developed in 1931. It would be replaced by the FAI armoured car during World War II.

1 Design
2 Combat History
3 See also
4 Notes and references

[edit] Design

The vehicle had an open-top. A two-man crew sat back to back so that the rear man could fire a rear-mounted machine-gun. Limited numbers were built by the Soviets from 1932 to 1934.

[edit] Combat History

The D-8 was first used by Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War. D-8 was delivered as part of the USSR’s military aide to the Republic against the Nationalist. It was also used by the Finish Defense Force during the Winter War against the Red Army

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

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